Thursday, February 25, 2016

Trump Taps the Rich Vein of Anti-intellectualism in America

Donald
Trump loves him some poorly educated people. Of course he does. They make up
the base of his supporters. Scammers, con artists, grifters, they all love the
poorly educated because they are the easiest marks, the ones who, even knowing
the 3 shell game is rigged, will play anyway.On a larger scale, that same mentality explains why poorly educated
Republicans continuously vote against their best interests in election after
election, and why Southern red states are at the bottom of the list in every
measure of economic viability and livability.

Anti-intellectualism
is as American as apple pie, and Donald Trump has found that vein to tap, and
it’s a rich one. Intellectuals are haughty Europeans sipping lattes and smoking
pipes. Real Americans like to get their hands dirty and resent what they feel
is the condescending attitude of the educated class. God, guns and guts are
what America is all about, and Trump knows that mentality all too well.

Even the
escalating language about “punching protesters in the face” and the real
violence often seen at Trump rallies used against protestors is cleverly
designed to appeal to the “poorly educated” and their Wild West delusions.
Trump knows his supporters are sick and tired of whiny liberals and their
political correctness. Debating issues is for wussies. Sometimes a fist to the
face is the only way to settle a debate.

Trump
recently said he could kill someone and not loose any support, and I think he’s
right. Trump’s great triumph already is that despite being an elite billionaire
from Gotham, he has become the emblem and icon of the poorly educated whites in
America, the hideous representation of their frustration, anger and
helplessness that this country is changing in ways they don’t like. Donald
Trump is a master manipulator of people, using this talent to lead the
Republican field of Presidential candidates. Will it be enough to win him the
White House? These are strange and uncertain times.